The center's laboratory is among
the finest in New England.

CAMMP is one the most active centers in
conducting experiments in space.

Superior Capabilities

The CAMMP laboratory (5000 sq ft) is designed to support a complete range of materials studies, including synthesis, analytical characterization, and applications testing.

Materials preparation is carried out in a fully equipped chemistry laboratory with facilities for chemical and solid state synthesis, hydrothermal processing, and controlled-atmosphere high temperature studies, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for synthesizing both single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWnT) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWnT).

In the materials characterization laboratory, zeolites, titanosilicates, chiral adsorbant materials, and carbon nanotubes and filaments, as well as other synthesized materials are characterized. Capabilities of the laboratory are:

• Atomic Absorption (AA) Spectrophotometry
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
• Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) Spectroscopy
• Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy
• Gas Chromatography (GC) with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Hot Wire Detector (HWD)
• High Resolution Aerodynamic Particle Size Analysis
• Mass Spectrometry (MS)
• Stereo Microscope and Optical Microscope with Digital Photography
• Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD) System
• Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• X-Ray Diffraction and Scattering Equipment and General Area Detector Diffraction System (GADDS)

In the applications testing laboratory, properties such as heat capacity, adsorption characteristics, and catalytic activity are measured.

For conducting space-based experiments, CAMMP scientists in conjunction with Intek, Inc. have designed and constructed two sophisticated furnace systems. Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) systems are capable of carrying out thirty-eight independent materials synthesis experiments or four large volume, high temperature (300 °C) materials synthesis experiments. ZCG crystal growth experiments have flown on four Space Shuttle missions (STS-50, STS-57, STS-73, and STS-107) and four International Space Station missions (8A, UF-2, 9A, and 11A).